Category: travel
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A Week on the California Coast
We spent a lovely week exploring the central California coast, heading up to Paso Robles from Long Beach, once again realizing how long it takes to get out of LA. Ugh, But traffic wasn’t too terrible – it took us about 4 hours to get there. Since we took Maggie we stayed at a dog…
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O Canada!
We took a lovely ten day road trip in Alberta in July with my sister and brother-in-law. We started in Calgary and worked our way up to Jasper via Lake Louise then headed back to Calgary via Banff and attended the Calgary Stampede. We were in Alberta once before, when we took road trip up…
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So long and thanks for all the fish
We visited family over Thanksgiving on the East Coast and flew Southwest to get there. This was our last open seating flight. I had thoughts. Dear Southwest You were great for so long. I loved flying with you. It was so easy and offered phenomenal fares. You went above and beyond to help passengers get…
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If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Ireland
That’s an obscure reference to an old comedy, but it also describes our 16 day whirlwind tour of Ireland. We spent our first two days exploring Dublin on our own and recovering from jet lag (it was a long flight from LAX to London then London to Dublin and I can’t sleep on planes). We…
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It’s a new year, so time for a new post
2025 has arrived like a shitstorm. LA seems to be burning up, and though the fires are far away from us, thank goodness, the emotional impact is still there. It’s like a collective holding of our breath waiting for the other shoe to drop as our world is on fire. But life, as always, goes…
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Semi-annual semi-adventure update
It’s been a while since I did something other than grouse about my injuries here. I am still in physical therapy getting over all of the various secondary issues I created for myself by breaking my elbow. Next on the hit parade: at long last physical therapy for my back! Oh, and this blog and…
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